Bihar Day
Also calledBihar Diwas, Bihar Sthapana Diwas
Observed byBihar, India
TypeState
SignificanceFoundation day of Indian state Bihar
Begins22 March 1912
Date22 March
Next time22 March 2024 (2024-03-22)
FrequencyAnnual

Bihar Day (Bihar Diwas) is observed every year on March 22,[1] marking the formation of the state of Bihar. On 22 March 1912, the Bihar and Orissa divisions of the Bengal Province were separated to form the Province of Bihar and Orissa in British India.[2][3] The day is a public holiday in Bihar.[4]

Bihar Day was started and celebrated on large scale by Bihar Government in the tenure of Nitish Kumar. Apart from India, it is celebrated in countries including the United States, Germany,[5] Britain (Scotland),[6] Australia, Canada, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Trinidad and Tobago and Mauritius.[7]

List of Eastern South Asian states
Year State/Province Objective Capital Parent State/Province Dominion/Union/Country
1912 Bihar and Orissa Homeland for Biharis and Odias Patna Created from Bengal British India (now India)
1912 Assam Homeland for Assamese Gauhati (now Guwahati) Created from Bengal British India (now India)
1936 Orissa (now Odisha) Homeland for Odias Cuttack (in the year 1949, Bhubaneshwar became capital) Created from Bihar and Orissa British India (now India)
1947 East Bengal (in the year 1971, it became Bangladesh) Homeland for Bengali Muslims Dacca (now Dhaka) Created from Bengal Pakistan
1947 West Bengal Homeland for Bengali Hindus Calcutta (now Kolkata) Created from Bengal India
2000 Jharkhand Homeland for Adivasis Ranchi Created from Bihar India

Observance

Every year the Government of Bihar issues a notification declaring the 22 March to be a public holiday to be celebrated as Bihar Day. This holiday applies to all the offices and companies under the jurisdiction of the State and central Government as well as Schools celebrate this day by organising various programmes participated by students.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "बिहार दिवस विशेष: ऐसे अस्तित्व में आया अपना बिहार, ...जानें". MPost. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Stage set for 105th Bihar Diwas". The Times of India. 22 March 2017. Archived from the original on 24 March 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  3. ↑ "Bihar Diwas: Sunidhi Chauhan to perform at Gandhi Maidan on Mar 22". The Times of India. 12 March 2017. Archived from the original on 15 March 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  4. ↑ "Bihar Diwas marks public Holiday in Bihar". news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "26 मई को जर्मनी में मनेगा बिहार दिवस, ...जानिए". Live Bihar News | लाइव बिहार न्यूज़ (in Hindi). 30 March 2018. Archived from the original on 22 September 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  6. ↑ "सात समंदर पार स्कॉटलैंड के पटना में कुछ इस तरह मनाया गया बिहार दिवस". Live Bihar News | लाइव बिहार न्यूज़ (in Hindi). 21 March 2018. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "Bihar Day to be celebrated in seven countries". news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
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